Cooking utensil.



PATENTED NOV. 20, 1906.

L. E. DANIELS.

COOKING UTENSIL.

APPLICATION HLEDNOV,24,1905.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE. LAURA E. DANIELS, oF FORT WORTH, TEXAs l CO0K|NG UTENSIL- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 24, 1905. Serial No. 288,969-

Ptented Nov. 20, 1906.

To a/U whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LAURA E. DANIELs, a citizen of the United States, residin at Fort Worth, in the county of Tarrant an State of 5 Texas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cooking Utensils, of which the ollowing is a specification. This invention relates to improvements in cooking utensils, and particularly that class known as steam-cookers and the primary object of the same is to so construct an a paratus of this class that different kinds of ood may be cooked or steamed in one general boiler and be ke t separate from each other, so that each sha1 retain its own flavor only.

A further object is to provide an expansive cooker adapted' to contain a plurality of removable cooking vessels having novel steamvent means.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a cooking utensil which may be readilyapplied over a burner of a gas or analogous stove.

With these and other objects and advantages in view the invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the several parts, to be more full hereinafter set forth.

In. the drawings, higure 1 is a sectional view of the improved cooking utensil or apparatus shown applied to a portion of a gasstove. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the utensil or ap aratus. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail sectiona view of a portion of one of the auX- iliary receptacles, showing the construction of the steam-vent therefor.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

The utensil comprises a base-cap 1, a main body or boiler 2, having a removable lid or cover 3, and a plurality of food-receiving receptacles 4, each removably disposed in the said lid or cover and provided with removable caps or covers 5. The base-cap 1 has a depending reduced collar 6 to fit over the burner 7 of a gas-stove 8, the portion of the said ca adjacent to the upper extremity of ythe col ar 6 forming a ledge 9, which bears on the uppler surface of the plate of the stove. From t e ledge 9 a circumferential fiange 10 projects upwardly and is provided with a plurality of openings 11 to admit air to the burner 7 for obvious reasons. The main body or boiler 2 removably fits over the up- 5 wardly-projecting ange 10 of the base-cap 1,

the bottom 12 of said body or boiler being in an adjacent rece tacle.

flange 13 to snu y embrace the upper ortion of the flange 10, as clearly shown by ig. 1. The body or boiler 2 ma be of any suitable dimensions, and it 'willr be understood that the dimensions of the base-cap 1 and the said body or boiler will be increased or creased proportionately,

The removable lid or cover 3 of the main body or boiler 2 is formed with a plurality of a ertures 14 for the introduction therein of t e receptacles 4, the latter preferably having upper circumferential rest fianges or guards 15, which contact with the u per Surface of the said lid or cover 3 and imit the projection of the receptacles 4 through the latter. Each receptacle 4 has a closed bottom or is constructed to obviate or overcome an tendency of leakage and will be preferab y circular in shape in cross-section. The cap or lid 5 of each recelptacle 4, as clearly shown by Fig. 3, has a tu )ular stem 16 rising from the center thereof and opening at its bottom therethrough, said stem serving in one capacity as a handle or grip for removing and applying the cap or lid 5. This tubular stein also serves as a steam-vent and that of each receptacle has a cylindrical plug or shank 17 slidably mounted therein and provided with an upper spherical or other analogous head 18.

In preparing.r the cooking utensil or apparatus for use the base-cap 1 is first applied over the burner 7, as shown, and the body or boiler2 fitted on the said cap with a quantity of water therein. The articles of food to be cooked are disposed in the several receptacles 4 and the latter placed in the lid or cover 3. -This lid or cover is then fitted over the. body or boiler 2, and as the heat Jfrom the burner 7 correspondingly raises the temperature of the water in the body or boiler 2 the contents of the receptacles 4 are regularly cooked without liability of scorching or burning, with material advantages in the cooking operation or preparation of the articles of food from a palatable standpoint. The articles of food being confined in separate receptacles cannot become contaminated one by the other or the fiavor of any article ol food in one receptacle become tamted or resemble that of an article of food The steam that is generated in the ody or boilel` 2 escapes through a tubular vent 19, opening through imperforate and provided with a depending IOC IIO

the lid or cover 3 and having a plug or shank the lid or cover 3 is reduced to a minimum,

' weight imposed thereon.

'force of the steam overcomes the weight of tion of the fiavors of the articles of ood; but

20 slidably disposed therein and provided l with a spherical head 21 at its upper end and similar 1n all respects to the vent structure illustrated by Fig. 3. The steam which venerates in the several rece tacles 4, as well as in the body or boiler 2, will cause the plug or shank 17 to rise in each instance, when the the' lug and spherical head and unsets the hea thereby permitting the steam to escapeI through the tubular stem of each receptacle or of the lid or cover 3. It will be understood that if found necessary sufficient water or other liquid may be introduced in the receptacles 4 with the articles of food.

The steam-vents on the lid or cover' 3 and the caps or covers for the receptacles 4 have an automatic'operation, and the shanks or plugs and heads cooperating with the tubular stems will be of sufficient weight to retain the steam Within the several receptaclessueh length of time as to derive benefit in the cooking operation, as well as the reservathese lmovable parts will quickly respond to the steam-pressure and permit the escape of the steam before it becomes strong enough to throw off or accidentally release the4 caps or covers 5 or loosen the lid or cover 3. The tendency to accidentally release or upthrow however, in view of the number of receptacles carried thereby and the consequent When it 1s desired to use the burner 7 fori other purposes, the parts of the cooking utensil or apparatus may be readily removed, and, furthermore, all the parts of the utensil can be easily separated for cleaning purposes. As many receptacles maybe used as desired, the utensil not being confined to any particular number'. Any suitable metal may be used in the construction of the parts of 4the utensil, and one of the greatest advantages that accrues from the use of the utensil is that one burner of a gas or other analogous stove will eHect as much work in the opera- I tion of cooking as a number of burners heretofore used for a similar purpose, and thereb materially econoinize in the use of fue Furthermore, it will be understood that at .any time desired during the cooking operation the ca or cover 5 of anyreceptacle may be remove and reapplied without disturbing the remaining receptacles or in the least checking the operation of cooking the articles of food in such remaining receptacles. To

avoid the escape of steam through the apertures 14 in which the receptacles 4 are fitted, the said receptacles are caused to snugly engage the said apertures.

Other 'advantages will be apparent to those using the device, and it is proposed to modify the details of construction as may be found desirable within the scope of the invention.

The combination with a burner of a gas or analogous stove, of a hollow base-cap comprising a ledge, a depending collar and an upwardly projecting perforate flange, a boiler-body having a closed bottom with a flange depending below the same to fit over the said u wardly-projecting circumferential flange of) the cap, a lid or cover removably applied to the body and having a plurality of cooking-receptacles centrally and concentric-ally arranged therein and removable therefrom and held 1n. pendent relation to the body, the upper extremities of the rece-ptacles being accessible from the exterior of the boiler, removable lids or covers applied to the receptacles and vent devices provided with weighted closures cooperating with both thelids or covers of the boiler of the receptacles.

In testimony whereofl. affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. LAURA E. DANIELS. Witnesses:

H. C. CANTRELL, J. B. DENToN. 

